Tag Archives: Sober worship

DOES TODAY’S CHRISTIAN FEAR THE LORD? Mark 4:38-41; 2 Corinthians 5:10.

One of the most dramatic scandals of my life was the implosion of the ministry of Jim Bakker. Throughout the 1980s, Bakker preached on a high-profile television show. He and his wife generated millions of dollars in donations. As is all-too-common, they promised donors that God would make the donors rich, but the ones gettingContinue reading “DOES TODAY’S CHRISTIAN FEAR THE LORD? Mark 4:38-41; 2 Corinthians 5:10.”

Afflict Your Soul.

Numbers 29:7 speaks of a solemn assembly.  God says in the King James translation: “Ye shall afflict your souls.” Have you ever afflicted your soul? What does that even mean? I looked at other transactions on Bible Gateway.com. Some say “humble yourself,” “fast and pray,” “do no work,” “deny yourself,” “be sober.” Sometimes we are calledContinue reading “Afflict Your Soul.”